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Fish assemblage and habitat use in North Carolina and Virginia waters during the annual Cooperative Winter Tagging Cruise, 1988-2013
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)
Long-term ecological research can be valuable in understanding ecosystem function and species requirements, allowing managers to better regulate and enforce strategies for continued use of the resource, commercially and ...
ARE ALL FISH NURSERIES EQUAL? DETERMINING HOW FOOD WEB DYNAMICS AFFECT FISH NURSERY HABITAT
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-23)
The fish nursery habitat concept has been used to define important habitat for larval and juvenile fish throughout coastal and estuarine areas. Nursery habitat has been defined as an area that produces more fish biomass, ...
Control of maize development by microRNA and auxin regulated pathways
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)
Plant architecture and inflorescence architecture, in particular, are major determinates of yield. Plant architecture is dependent upon the activity of meristems. Meristems are vital to plant development because they not ...
Purifying Scorpion Antarease from E. coli
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Vesicular trafficking is a system of intracellular transport that allows for the distribution and secretion of molecules. In the pancreas, normal secretory processes have been found to be interrupted by Antarease, a ...
THE ROLE OF HNRNPS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF GERMLINE STEM CELLS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
An organism’s ability to grow and regulate tissue repair relies on the stimulation of stem cells in response to changes in physiological state, such as cell damage, sexual maturation and growth. Tissue-resident stem cells ...
ZOMBIE HIDE & SEEK: INVASIVE PARASITE’S INFLUENCE ON HOST PREDATORY HIDING BEHAVIOR IN MUD CRABS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Parasites are known to affect behavior and physiology of hosts, influencing how hosts interact with biotic and abiotic factors of the community. An invasive castrating parasitic barnacle, Loxothylacus panopaei (L. panopaei), ...
Can an Invasive Species of Crayfish Help Save a Population of a Threatened Species of Bird, the King Rail?
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-24)
ABSTRACT - Invasive species are frequently harmful to native species and to ecosystem stability. Yet, in a few cases, alien species have been found to benefit native residents. I investigated the relationship between a ...
Thermal stress in artificial cavity-nesting Eastern Bluebirds: killing them with kindness?
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Artificial nest boxes are used to help cavity-nesting species with declining populations that compete for limited nest sites. Proper use of nest boxes has been shown to lower predation rates and ectoparasite loads. However, ...
The Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products on Mosquito Oviposition Site Selection
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-09)
The products that humans use every day to shower, drink, prevent sickness, protect their crops, etc. are having an effect on the environment. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products, or PPCPs, have been becoming notable ...
OPTIMIZATION OF AN OPTOGENETICALLY ACTIVATED INITIATOR OF APOPTOSIS
(East Carolina University, 2018-05-03)
Optogenetic tools provide a window into the world of cell signaling pathways and protein-protein interactions with a precision and elegance that other biological probes can struggle to achieve. The creation of optogenetic ...